Ornn: Titanic mana and a protected double-ram attack

Build an equipped board with extra starting mana, then bring in Ornn for a protected attack that can copy his summoned ram. This version improves the mana opening and attack payoff rather than using the level-up stun-and-Rally package.

Three stars supplies the repeated first Forge each round. The expensive champion still needs a real early board and enough time to become affordable. Extra starting mana helps that problem; it doesn't turn him into a free opening play.

Starforged Gauntlets

The bearer must already be Titanic at Game Start. His five base Power plus two from Spectral Scissors and one from Death's Foil reaches eight. Later equipment or Forge growth cannot substitute for that opening requirement.

Death's Foil

The champion can't take damage or die while attacking. This lets him lead the copied attack more safely, but it doesn't protect him from every Stun, Recall or effect outside combat.

Spectral Scissors

Support a follower to grant it Ephemeral and summon an exact copy attacking. The ram is a follower and already temporary, making it a useful supported body. Don't expect the relic to copy another champion.

Mulligan for early defenders, equipment development and an affordable ramp opportunity. Wyrding Stones and Catalyst of Aeons can help when the board allows them, but ramping with no defense can lose to an aggressive attack.

Use Time and Dedication on a useful equipped ally. At three stars, the first Forge each round happens again. Equipment retains its improvements when later copied by the champion's Play, so grow a weapon you can actually use rather than scattering all your investment across disposable units.

The Gauntlets give this three-star champion a three-gem opening through his two-star starting mana plus the relic. There is no additional five-star Manaflow node assumed here. Keep enough unit mana for the champion; banked spell mana alone cannot pay his unit cost.

The champion needs his leveled attack effect to summon the ram. Meet the required eight-Power strike condition and check his level before expecting that attacker. A large weapon helps, but a unit that hasn't actually struck for the required amount hasn't fulfilled the condition.

Scissors can copy the attack-summoned ram through its support effect, giving you two temporary Overwhelm attackers alongside the champion. Leave space for the ram and its copy before committing the attack rather than filling the board with unimportant bodies just before the finisher.

Foil keeps the champion safe from combat damage and death while attacking, not the whole army. Check whether the copied attackers can really deal enough Nexus damage, and retain a fallback defender if the opponent survives.

Prioritize early survival, usable equipment and mana. More late finishers are less valuable when the problem is reaching the first champion attack. Avoid assuming random copied followers or ram damage will bypass every defensive boss rule.

The Gauntlets come from their Glory Store source and the other two Epics from Gold Reliquaries. This is a three-Epic loadout. If you lack the stat package that makes the champion Titanic, use the existing Rare control build rather than equipping inactive starting mana.

Secret Technique is a separate Forge-scaling option, but replacing a stat relic also changes the Titanic calculation. Check the champion's opening stats again instead of carrying the same mana assumption into a different trio.

• Champions that synergize with Secret Technique, u/RygornSpectre, Jun 2024; u/Legitimate-Resolve55 gives the exact Foil/Scissors/Gauntlets Ornn trio, with Forge alternatives discussed by other commenters. Read 18 Oct 2026.
• Ornn build guide, exact Titanic Ramp loadout in the snapshot collected 13 Oct 2026; the first-round Titanic requirement and champion level-up checked against current data.